Cheese-stand.



G. W. KIBBEY.

CHEESE STAND.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 22,1913.

1,091,143, Patnted Mar. 24, 19m

WITNESSES l IN VEN T OR 6.65M

CHARLES W. KIBBEY, 0F BOYNE CITY, MICHIGAN.

CHEESE-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed May 22, 1913. Serial No. 769,293.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES W. KIBBEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Boyne City, in the county ofCharlevoix and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cheese-Stands, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to stands for displaying cheese, and its objectis to provide a device of this kind which is sanitary in every respect,means being provided for excluding flies and other insects. The deviceis also constructed to allow a free circulation of air around thecheese, although the latter is completely covered.

The invention also has for its object to provide a cheese stand which issimple in construction, and which has its parts so arranged that theymay be separated and readily cleaned.

With these objects in View, the invention consists in a novelcombination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is an elevation of the stand. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thestand, the turning table being shown partly broken away. Fig. 3 is across section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the stand comprises a base 10which supports a turntable 11 on which cheese is placed and covered bythe usual glass cover 12, the latter forming no part of thepresentinvention. The base 10 is a circular plate having at the center aspherical pivot bearing 13 for the turntable 11, the latter having onits under side, at the center, a socket to receive the pivot. Theturntable is a circular disk, and it is separable from the base, so thatthe parts are readily accessible for cleaning purposes. The top of thebase has seats'for caster balls 141 which engage an annular metal strip15 secured to the under side of the turntable, near the edge thereof.These casters prevent the turntable from tilting and they also permitthe same to be freely revolved. That portion of the turntable whichcarries the strip 15 is reduced in thickness, but the top of theturntable, on which cheese is placed, is perfectly flat.

In the top of the base 10 are segmental recesses 16 into which openapertures 17 made in the edge of the base. The ends of the apertureswhich open into the recesses are covered with a screen 18. The turntable11 is spaced a short distance from the top of the base and its diameteris less than the diameter of the base, thus leaving a marginal portionuncovered so that the glass cover 12 may be supported thereon. When thecover is in place, the cheese is entirely inclosed and protected fromdust, flies, etc. Near its edge the base has an annular groove 19 inwhich the bottom edge of the cover seats. The apertures 17 and recesses16 allow air to pass into the cover 12 and circulate around the cheese,flies and other insects being excluded by the screens 18. The aperturesare beneath the turntable 11, but as the latter is spaced from the base10, air can enter the cover. The recesses, of course, are in thatportion of the base over which the cover extends.

The device herein described can be easily and cheaply manufactured, andit provides a perfectly sanitary display stand, which can be readilytaken apart and cleaned.

I claim:

A cheese stand comprising a base plate having recesses extending partlytherethrough from the top thereof and apertures leading from the edge ofthe plate to said top recesses, and a turntable mounted on said baseplate and spaced from the top thereof, the diameter of the turntablebeing less than the diameter of the base plate, and the aforesaid toprecesses of the base platebeing located beneath the turntable.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. KIBBEY.

Witnesses:

J. L. EKsTnoM, SABIN Hoornn.

@opiea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0."

